(St. Louis) – KTRS Prosecutors are not happy with former officer Jason Stockley’s decision to wave a jury trial and instead rely on a judge’s ruling in the case. However they hope dashboard video, witness statements and DNA will lead to Stockley’s conviction for allegedly shooting a black suspect in 2011. 36-year old Stockley is…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former St. Louis police officer’s murder trial that begins this week is expected to hinge on videos and DNA evidence that have raised questions about the officer’s actions after the shooting and the weapon recovered by police. Jason Stockley, who’s white, is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action…
Ballwin, MO (KTRS) Dorothy Hunter of Ballwin has reached a huge milestone. The former school teacher turned 110 years old on Monday, making her the oldest known person in the St. Louis area. To mark the occasion, a birthday party was held at Meramec Bluffs Senior Living Center, where she resides. Over 300 guests attended…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) David Piper of Imperial thought he won something when he saw his number come up on a Missouri Lottery Scratchers ticket this month – and he did. Piper, an electrician, won a $10 million prize in the scratch-off game. He opted for the cash payment of $6.8 million rather than 25 annual payments…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Workers for Missouri American water and Laclede Gas have teamed up to replace pipes damaged by recent flooding beneath the bed of the Meramec River in Kirkwood. Crews welded pipes the week of July 24 and drilling for the new pipeline begins the week of July 31. Brian Russell with Missouri American Water…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Senate President John Cullerton says he’ll send a bill that overhauls how Illinois doles out money to schools to Gov. Bruce Rauner’s desk on Monday. The Republican governor has said he’ll use his amendatory powers to rewrite the bill and send it back to the Senate over objections to funding…
MARSHFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Authorities in southwestern Missouri’s Webster County say a recently divorced man killed his two young sons before setting his house on fire and killing himself. KYTV reports that firefighters responding about 2 a.m. Sunday to a reported house fire near Marshfield found the three bodies include a bedroom of the damaged…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s database of banned character combinations on license plates has grown over the past 40 years to include more than 7,000 arrangements of letters and numbers deemed too offensive. State legislators first got involved with personalized license plates in 1977 and the rules for obscene plates have remained the same since…